Light requests to dismiss lawsuit against Bellator

Zachery Light is dismissing his lawsuit against Bellator. Light’s attorney filed a Request for Dismissal on December 20, 2016.

The Request was signed by Light’s attorney, William Crosby, and Bellator’s counsel Richard Kendall.

The dismissal is “with prejudice” which would end both Light’s lawsuit against Bellator and Bellator’s cross-claim against Light. The details can be found here and in the original lawsuit in which Light stated that the promotion disobeyed laws for forging medial information for fighters. Light claimed that Scott Coker and Rich Chou advised the former Bellator employee not to press the issue.

Bellator claimed that Light requested a loan from the company and was given $9,403 and entered into a written agreement with Light that made him pay back the money on an agreed schedule. Bellator claims that he never paid back the loan.

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In all likelihood, the parties have decided to settle their dispute without incurring further litigation costs. Also, I would suppose a non-disclosure agreement was signed by Light which would preclude him from talking about the case. It would be interesting to know of the allegations regarding Bellator hiring Kogan while he still managed fighters. Of course, Light probably could not sustain paying his legal bills up against Bellator. From all indications, he is now working for MMAAA.